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What will be the first match of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022?

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  • The FIFA World Cup Qatar will start a day earlier than planned, on November 20, 2022.
  • An agreement with FIFA allowed the date of the World Cup to be moved from summer to November.
  • The first match will take place between Qatar and the Ecuadorian national team.

Do you know when the first match of the 2022 FIFA World Cup will be? On November 20, the most important soccer tournament in the world will be kicking off and teams from all continents will gather there to vie for the most coveted title in this sport.

The FIFA World Cup Qatar will start with a match between the host team and the Ecuadorian national team, who together with CONMEBOL reached an agreement to kick off the first match of the FIFA World Cup one day earlier than agreed. Here’s everything you need to know!

A schedule change

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Since it was decided to hold the World Cup in Qatar, the agreed upon date for the start of the tournament was November 21, with a match between the Senegal and the Netherlands teams. However, all this changed thanks to a request from Qatar, the host team.

In an official request to FIFA, the hosts of the tournament requested to be the ones to officially kick off the World Cup one day before the scheduled date, that is, on November 20. This request was approved by FIFA and the Ecuadorian team which will compete against the Qatari team in the coming months.

The most anticipated matches of the World Cup

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The FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 will include, among others, the teams from Brazil, Argentina, Portugal, France, the Netherlands, Germany, Mexico and Uruguay, with stars like Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, who could be playing the last World Cup of their athletic careers.

Among the most anticipated matches of the World Cup 2022 are those of the Portugal and South Korea teams as well as Argentina vs. Mexico, a classic North American competition. The teams from the United States and France, and Portugal against Uruguay, will also face off, promising to attract millions of viewers from around the world.

World Cup controversies

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One of the main controversies of this World Cup was the selection of Qatar as the host country. Due to the high summer temperatures in that country, FIFA decided to postpone the first match of the Qatar World Cup for four months, something that has never happened before.

Another controversy has to do with the customs, traditions and idiosyncrasies of Qatar, since a good part of the fans and players considered it an oppressive country, which could put certain sectors of the attendees at risk, although this has been denied by the authorities.

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